Nanny&Me

Obtaining a business number is the first step in the process to hiring a nanny.

When it came time to obtain a business number, I thought “hey, no big deal right?”…wrong! I was so confused looking at the form. There are entire sections that you don’t need to fill out since you’re not an incorporated business which I found quite confusing (Dear CRA: should you ever read my blog, I’d like to ask, have you ever considered making a special business number acquisition form for those seeking a caregiver? We would be ever so grateful). So as I went through this lengthy form trying to decipher what to do, I decided to call the CRA for some support and guess what?...they are super duper helpful! Every time I call them I consider what a great job they’ve done hiring fantastic people for their positions (maybe their hiring department wants to help me out in my nanny search ;-) Actually as luck would have it, my mom has many years experience in HR so when you get to the section of template interview guides that I’ve created, you can secretly thank her). So the representative on the phone walked me through the form and told me which sections I needed to fill out, which ones to leave blank, and which ones to simply write “nanny” on.  It ended up being really easy with his help (wish I had written his badge number down so I could give him a shout out).

You can file for a business number online in about 5 minutes or you can mail in a form…OR if you’re like me, you can first print off the form, fill it in, mail it in, and THEN discover that you can do it in 5 minutes online, go that route instead and call it a day.

Link to online business number registration, click HERE.